Sunset

Sunset Magazine is a magazine covering western homes, gardens, food and travel (five regional editions). Founded in 1898, it is a monthly publication published by Sunset Publishing Corp. Sunset Magazine subjects include home and gardening as well as travel and tourism. The senior vice president is Kevin Lynch.

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Articles from Vol. 230, No. 5, May

1. Santa Barbara The new Santa Barbara Auto Camp is the latest in a crop of quirky camper hotels around the West that have all the romance of the open road, with none of the heavy towing. In the heart of town, where reasonably priced rooms are rare,...

WANDERLUSTWhat can you learn about a place by visiting it over and over again? In Sitka, one long-lost local discovers ... everything."ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T NEED A MAP?" The guy at the rental car agency looks confused, like I'd ad-libbed from the customer-service...

"ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T NEED A MAP?" The guy at the rental car agency looks confused, like I'd ad-libbed from the customer-service script he memorized. "Still 7 miles of road one way from downtown, 7 the other, right?" "Pretty much. But there's...

THE SECRET SIERRAFresh fruit pies, fishing holes, the largest living trees on Earth, and 22 more mountain good timesNORTH OF TAHOE1 COFFEEBAR How can one grind be so much better than the rest? Somehow, it is. In Truckee, perfect lattes, baked goods,...

NORTH OF TAHOE 1 COFFEEBAR How can one grind be so much better than the rest? Somehow, it is. In Truckee, perfect lattes, baked goods, and gelato. coffeebar truckee.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 LOST TRAIL LODGE Near Truckee, off-the-grid...

TEN YEARS AGO, while creating flower arrangements for a wedding, Max Gill found himself short of greenery and had to improvise. "It was the night before the big event," he recalls. "I was frantically foraging a friend's garden for pittosporum clippings...

MAKE IT YOURSThree of the West's top hotels share their fresh-from-the-garden spa recipes.HEAD TO THE SPASorrel River RanchMOAB, UTWhen the ranch owners started a 2-acre farm last year, the onsite restaurant couldn't use all of the bumper crop, so a...

PLANT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Confetti COLORS The buds on the show-stopping new Eryssmum 'Jenny Brook' start out purple, open in coral, fade to rose, and mature back to purple. And with flowers coming and going From now through fall, the full...

HANDS - ONMichael Chiarello shows us how to build a firepit fast and grill great food. By Margo Truelong before he became a celebrity, Michael Chiarello loved cooking over fire. As a boy- with the Emmy-winning TV shows, the family winery, and two restaurants...

LONG BEFORE he became a celebrity, Michael Chiarello loved cooking over fire. As a boy--with the Emmy-winning TV shows, the family winery, and two restaurants (Bottega, in the Napa Valley, and San Francisco's Coqueta) still ahead of him--he helped...

A couple turns their front yard into the neighborhood's most popular theater. By Sharon CohoonWHEN RIKA HOUSTON knocks on doors to invite neighbors over for an impromptu screening, she's never short of takers. Located in the front yard of the Los Angeles...

WHEN RIKA HOUSTON knocks on doors to invite neighbors over for an impromptu screening, she's never short of takers. Located in the front yard of the Los Angeles home she shares with her husband, architect Brian Ten, the cinema is unlike any other in...

On Ballard Avenue, old-school fishing traditions mingle with a new wave of designers, artists, and chefs to create one of the West's most charming city streets. By Jess ChamberlainON FOOT1 The saltiest barDrinks are stiff and the fishing ties strong...

1 The saltiest bar Drinks are stiff and the fishing ties strong at Ballard Smoke Shop, a local hangout since 1971. Check out the bell hanging on the wall: Fishermen still ring it after a lucrative trip, signaling that the next round's on them. (206)...

5 REASONS YOU'LL LOVEA big- buzz opening brings the best of wine country to one sleepy Sonoma town. By Jenna ScatenaThe new artisan amusement park"We're bringing the artisans out of the woods and into the town center," says Barney Aldridge, owner of...

The new artisan amusement park [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We're bringing the artisans out of the woods and into the town center," says Barney...

SEEST. MICHAEL'S CATHEDRAL Follow the noon bells to the center of town and, if you're lucky, you'll catch a peek of the two bald eagles that roost atop the church's cross, in near-perfect imitation of the classic Byzantine eagle iconography. $5 donation;...

IF I HAD to describe my love for the West, I could do no better than to point to Sunset's July 1917 cover: a painting of an enormous orange sky soaring above a tiny campfire scene. The cover celebrates the grandeur of a Western night and captures the...

SEATING AREA The large sofa is covered in a commercial-grade Sunbrella fabric that's tough enough to handle frequent crowds and the occasional spilled drink. The clean-burning gas firepit is ringed with a wide band of concrete, so it doubles as a table.PROJECTOR...

ASK A LOCALThe best way to know where to go in New Mexico's capital? Round up local tastemakers and get them talking.As told to Erin KlenowEATEl Parasol391 DINOSAUR TRAIL A 1833 CERRILLOS RD.ROSI SIMPSON: The best greenchile burger, best tacos, best...

We all think we know California's Sierra Nevada. But many of the mountains' best wonders- unlikely as it seems- are waiting for you to discover them.Here's where l am:on a horse on the McGee Canyon trail in the Sierra Nevada 3SO miles east of San Francisco,...

Here's where I am: on a horse on the McGee Canyon trail in the Sierra Nevada 350 miles east of San Francisco, 320 north of Los Angeles, and seemingly an infinity from anything that looks like civilization. Below me, the canyon's rock slopes frame a...

For a warm-weather twist on a DINNER PARTY, these PORTLAND FRIENDS take it outside. Here's their step-by-step to EATING IN THE PARK.OR ALL THE GRIAT MEALS I've eaten in our food town, some of the best have been at picnics. Everything tastes better outside....

OF ALL THE GREAT MEALS I've eaten in our food town, some of the best have been at picnics. Everything tastes better outside. In fact, my friends and I are so enamored with picnics that last year we formed a club around them: the Portland Picnic Society....

ALASKA I WILDFLOWER BONANZA Camp Homer A quiet alternative to the generator-filled sites along the Homer Spit, the new Camp Homer (6 miles inland from town) offers15 tent pads amid a field of fireweed that produces shoulder-high blooms from...